Topic: Possible New Tenants

Michael Donnelly

Date: 2013-09-08 16:40 EST
The apartment Michael and Elena were sharing in the WestEnd was getting too small and cramped, and frankly, was just a little too close to Elena's family for comfort, at least, as far as Michael was concerned. Besides, the advance he'd received on his latest novel was more than enough to put them in better housing, and that wasn't even counting any of the money he was yet due to receive in royalties from future book sales.

He had the means to improve his lifestyle now, and Elena deserved the best money could buy. The days of living alone in a crappy apartment, eating TV dinners, and passing out in a drunken stupor on the couch were over.

And so, with this in mind, he sauntered into L"ks to inquire about availabilities with the intent of purchasing a two-bedroom condo on the third floor, one bedroom to be used as office space for his writing, the other a master bedroom. Now that they were officially engaged, not to mention on the wagon, it was time to move up in the world, and they couldn't do much better than L"ks.

"Excuse me?" he inquired in the lobby. "Is there someone I can talk to about availabilities" My name is Michael Donnelly, and I'd like to buy a condo," he offered with a polite, if nervous smile.